Derby Dead Pool 2020

[WEP 893]

Former DDP pick Mahinder C. Watsa is dead:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-55463861

 

http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2016/celebs_W.html#watsam

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

Not that it is a big deal or matters very much but Alan Stephenson Boyd  from my Blueberry Crumble  team is a confirmed death without a qualifying obituary  so belongs on the  list of the lost list for DDP 2020.

[msc 18,477]

8 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Not that it is a big deal or matters very much but Alan Stephenson Boyd  from my Blueberry Crumble  team is a confirmed death without a qualifying obituary  so belongs on the  list of the lost list for DDP 2020.

 

Awaiting the last chance saloon that is the BBC News site's round up of "people we lost in 2020".

[Grande Pablo 109]

Colin Withers died yesterday, reported in local press & AVFC website as in Time Added thread.

Awaiting QO - hopefully quicker than Nigel Sims in 2018 that took all year.  The BBC round up with be helpful here too.

[Dying Probably 578]

5 hours ago, Grande Pablo said:

Colin Withers died yesterday, reported in local press & AVFC website as in Time Added thread.

Awaiting QO - hopefully quicker than Nigel Sims in 2018 that took all year.  The BBC round up with be helpful here too.

 

Former Aston Villa and Birmingham City goalkeeper Colin Withers dies aged 80 - Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk)

Aston Villa is saddened to hear of the passing of former goalkeeper Colin Withers at the age of 80 | AVFC

These decent?

[Death Impends 7,977]

1 minute ago, Elephant said:

 

Former Aston Villa and Birmingham City goalkeeper Colin Withers dies aged 80 - Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk)

Aston Villa is saddened to hear of the passing of former goalkeeper Colin Withers at the age of 80 | AVFC

These decent?

 

Has to be one of the sources listed on this page http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/derby-dead-pool-2020-list-of-the-lost/

[Ulitzer95 12,642]

Ron Tauranac Telegraph obit.

 

He’s still on the List of the Lost.

[msc 18,477]

List of the Lost and Missed will be tidied up in New Year when the front page can't be for a week or two.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Due to non-obits, still one short of the 275 hit rate for 2020.

 

Colin Withers, Arnold Wolfendale and I think one other could still come through. Tantalus clutching at low hanging fruit.

[Ulitzer95 12,642]

7 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Due to non-obits, still one short of the 275 hit rate for 2020.

 

Colin Withers, Arnold Wolfendale and I think one other could still come through. Tantalus clutching at low hanging fruit.

See two posts above?

[Joey Russ 7,228]

1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said:

See two posts above?

Tauranac was already scored, just never removed from the LOTL 

[Ulitzer95 12,642]

Just now, Joey Russ said:

Tauranac was already scored, just never removed from the LOTL 

Ah, okay. Makes sense.

 

Guess we won’t hit the magic number then. 

[YoungWillz 21,050]

3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

See two posts above?

 

1 minute ago, Joey Russ said:

Tauranac was already scored, just never removed from the LOTL 

Indeed.

 

I still feel there's a "straight to BBC" obit about to be announced...had that just before Cardin's death. But they are feelings, nothing more than feelings….

 

[Eesti 151]

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson is dead. 

[gcreptile 10,975]

We need the qualifying obits, and have today and tomorrow to find them.

Colin Withers, Arnold Wolfendale, Geoffrey Robinson, now Ronnie Atkins.

[Imelda 621]

Going to have my inaugral crack at this for 2021, after three years of not getting my arse into gear.

 

Love the scoring system, makes for more thought than just the usual 'pick really old people and Stage 4 unfortunates'.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

We need the qualifying obits, and have today and tomorrow to find them.

Colin Withers, Arnold Wolfendale, Geoffrey Robinson, now Ronnie Atkins.

And Alan Stephenson Boyd!

[Spade_Cooley 9,530]

276 broken with The Doc

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Claude Bolling is one for the List of The Missed: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2014/celebs_B.html#bollic

 

Would have got the Guardian treatment. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/31/claude-bolling-obituary

[YoungWillz 21,050]

@gcreptile Dick Thornburgh QO in before the lock: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9103013/Dick-Thornburgh-ex-governor-US-attorney-general-dies.html

[gcreptile 10,975]

On it. AP is a fairly reliable source for a quick and dirty obit.

We still have the whole day of tomorrow for obits. At this rate, you know, one notable death per hour, we might look at 30 more obits.

[Predictor 1,018]

Congratulations, GC! Your two unique hits are the cherry on top.

[Moaning Minnie 15]

Grats gcreptile, *provisionally* although it would be some comeback at this stage. 

[gcreptile 10,975]

Thanks!!

I am out of reactions to give, but I appreciate it.

 

Yes, someone needs to get at least 3 late hits now, or Joker Tom Smith + XYZ. It's not going to happen.

[CaptainChorizo 1,983]

Congrats on the win Reptile

 

*Unless Hope Stringer,JLT and Criscilla Anderson went in together on a triple suicide pact on New Years Eve